No Decision Required
USC releases its depth chart tomorrow. With Josh Pinkard and Kevin Ellison the starting safeties, it looks like sophomores Kevin Thomas and Cary Harris will be the starting cornerbacks, with the injured Terrell Thomas waiting to return for training camp.
The interesting position to look at will be linebacker, to see if Dallas Sartz or Brian Cushing starts and middle linebacker, where Oscar Lua and Rey Maualuga are battling for the No. 1 spot.
Then there is defensive end, where Jeff Schweiger and Kyle Moore are neck-and-neck at one spot.
Oh wait, this is spring. No tough decisions get made here. That means the depth chart can say Sartz ``or’’ Cushing without actually naming a starter. And since Lua is a veteran, why start a controversy there? List the senior first.
Heck, even the quarterback position won’t be decided until training camp. If you want real answers, wait till August.
That Depth Chart is more of a wish list. Half the starters will be injured, academically ineligible or suspended by the time they go to Arkansas. A sad state of affairs.
Scott:
You follow USC football probably better than anyone, and with this years depth chart about to be released...can you tell us why SC doesn't recruit hard at the beginning? I notice that Texas has 15 commits already for next year...and they had the same this year...and SC only had 5-8 until the last 2-3 months of the recruiting year?
Thanks...I love reading your articles about the Trojans.
Tim